Edit: lol in the thread he points out that it's true in parts of rural Russia, as if it isn't the case in rural Ukraine, or even rural America.
Edit 2: In my Eastern European country this urban/rural disparity got worse under capitalism, and even worse as the country aligned more with the European Union. My grandparents' village used to have paved roads and street lights. Now that we're a European Union member it's a roll of the dice whether there will even be running water for weeks after a pipe bursts.
I grew up on a dirt road. The whole neighborhood isn't even paved still and the first pavement laid down was in like 2003. And even then we fucking paved it ourselves because it was an unincorporated area without even public trash service.
Lol I don't believe that for a second.
Edit: lol in the thread he points out that it's true in parts of rural Russia, as if it isn't the case in rural Ukraine, or even rural America.
Edit 2: In my Eastern European country this urban/rural disparity got worse under capitalism, and even worse as the country aligned more with the European Union. My grandparents' village used to have paved roads and street lights. Now that we're a European Union member it's a roll of the dice whether there will even be running water for weeks after a pipe bursts.
I grew up on a dirt road. The whole neighborhood isn't even paved still and the first pavement laid down was in like 2003. And even then we fucking paved it ourselves because it was an unincorporated area without even public trash service.